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4 days ago · War of the Austrian Succession, (1740–48), a conglomeration of related wars, two of which developed directly from the death of Charles VI, Holy Roman emperor and head of the Austrian branch of the house of Habsburg, on Oct. 20, 1740. In the war for the Austrian succession itself, France.
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1 day ago · Charles VI est tristement connu pour être le Roi fou, souvent caricaturé et présenté comme étendard de la monarchie médiévale. C’est évidemment à nuancé, il ...
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22 hours ago · 97 Chapter 5 Anne of Bohemia and the Objects of Ricardian Kingship Lynn Staley Anne of Bohemia, born in 1366, was queen of England for twelve years, from 1382 to 1394. For this period, there are some contemporary chronicle accounts of her and some traces in official records, as well as hints in liter- ary texts either about her or addressed to her.
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5 days ago · Charles had to contend with semi-constant war with France, usually over who would control Italy. Sometimes Charles would win – he even captured Francis I and his son at the Battle of Pavia in 1525. And sometimes he lost, like when he failed to retake Metz in 1553.
5 days ago · King of France: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen of France c. 1122 –1204: King Henry II 1133–1189 r. 1154–1189 King of England: Geoffrey VI 1134–1158 Count of Nantes: William FitzEmpress Viscount of Dieppe 1136–1163/1164: William IX 1153–1156 Count of Poitiers: Margaret of France 1157–1197 Queen of England and Hungary: Henry the Young ...
3 days ago · Charles IX (born June 27, 1550, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris—died May 30, 1574, Vincennes, France) was the king of France from 1560, remembered for authorizing the massacre of Protestants on St. Bartholomew’s Day, August 23–24, 1572, on the advice of his mother, Catherine de Médicis.
3 days ago · The reign of Henry VI, spanning 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, stands as a tragic coda to the triumphs of his father Henry V. Where Henry V had been a warrior king who expanded English power in France, his son proved a disastrously ineffectual ruler whose manifest failings shattered the realm. The seeds of dynastic civil war were ...
